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Kenya postpones closure of Dadaab refugee camp by six months

Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery.

Kenya has postponed the deadline to close Dadaab refugee camp by six months sparing the over 200,000 refugees still there.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery said the move followed a request by the UNHCR commissioner of refugees Filipo Grandi to extend the time for repatriation and closure of the camp.

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